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If the universe is a giant computer, this is the amount of bits needed to run this machine
Guess how many bits the universe needs?
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New technology
Successful implementation of a new experiment for quantum teleportation for the first time
The team of researchers from China and Austria immediately teleported three-level quantum states, also known as Kutrits. The research results are published in Physical R…
Videos
Tablet toothpaste helps protect the environment
New toothpaste does not contain plastic tubes and is made from organic ingredients.
Medicine - Health
The human eye can handle 10 million bits per second
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine estimate that the human retina can transmit visual signals equivalent to an Ethernet connection. The stu…
Science invention
Effective oil extraction: Hyperboloid instead of drill bits
Russian scientists invented a new method of oil and gas extraction, which increased up to 90% of hydrocarbon extraction.
Computer science
Cisco bits network device driver vulnerabilities
Yesterday (November 2), Cisco Systems has just sealed an important security hole in the router control software (router) and network switch (switch) software.
Computer science
Manufacturing supercomputers helps people do incredible things
Scientists have pursued the dream of creating a quantum computer long ago. This technology will give us the power to handle unimaginable issues.
Computer science
Laptop hard drives are 1.2 terabytes in size
Fujitsu's orthogonal (PRM) magnetic recording method allows to increase the data density on disk without narrowing the gap between bits.
Computer science
Hackers kidnap Windows Update to spread malicious code
Symantec security researchers warned hackers have now taken advantage of Windows Update's file transfer department to hack malicious code onto a PC without being detecte…
Computer science
Why use Serial communication?
If you pay attention, you can see that all current technologies tend to translate from parallel to serial. The new IDE standard for hard drives is also Serial (Serial AT…
Computer science
Hard drive industry 'stands between two streams of water'
Orthogonal recording technology allows for increased storage capacity but still has many limitations. A flash memory that dominates the laptop. Meanwhile, hard drive man…
Computer science
Thermal recording technology lifts the hard drive to terabyte level
Leading storage device manufacturer Seagate has licensed the new completely magnetic disc production technology and promises to expand its hard drive capacity to 1 to 8…
Computer science
USB with fingerprint security technology and data self-destruct
Kingston has launched a device that can encrypt AES 128 bits and automatically delete information. The Japanese company Green House also introduced flash drive with inte…
Computer science
Sun bits are serious flaws in Java
On February 8, Sun Microsystems issued a security patch to fix seven serious errors in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). These are security vulnerabilities classified…
Computer science
WEP - Security for wireless networks
In recent years, the information technology industry has witnessed a boom in the wireless network industry. Wireless communication capability is almost inevitable in han…